Long-distance dispersal of tree seeds by wind

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 877-885

  Horn, Henry S ^a   Nathan, Ran ^a,b   Kaplan, Sarah R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bernoulli; Model; Samara; Turbulence; Updraft

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009832554     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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